The Long Retreat [electronic resource] : A Short History of British Defence Policy, 1945-70

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii In Search of a Defence Policy: 1945–7....Pages 1-44 The Communist Challenge and Rearmament: 1948–51....Pages 45-77 The Start of the British Nuclear Era: 1952–5....Pages 78-104 Retrenchment and Suez: 1955–6....Pages 105-128 The Impact of Duncan Sandys: 1957–62....Pages 129-169 Illusions of Grandeur: 1962–6....Pages 170-214 An Exercise in Optimism: 1966–70....Pages 215-263 Back Matter....Pages 264-306